anyone here been / going / been before?

I'm going tomorrow night.
so... whats the deal?
is it an indoors thing, outdoors thing, in a cinema.....?
anything i should bring?

couldn't seem to find much info on the website, i admittedly could have looked harder though.
what can i say, i crave human interaction.
i haven't left the house today.

The Espy - Gershwin Room - 7.30pm

Benefit For Ben is a one night only gathering of some of Melbourne's hottest indie and alternative talent to raise money for Ben Thompson, who was assaulted last year, suffering devastating injuries. Tickets are $15 dollars at the door.

Acts include I Am Spartacus, The Advocates, Tim McMillan, The Gabriel Lynch Band, Jason Cadd and Zeptepi.

Visit the benefit's MySpace here.

Anyone who mentions melbournemaniac gets a free hug!

YAY! I found frog cakes in Acland Street.

So for those curious to try - hit those funky bakeries and you shall find some

Thanks for all the posts helping me. It's the boyfriends birthday today and he'll have such a flashback to his childhood in Adelaide when i bring it out after dinner

BANNING people who live outside St Kilda from entering its entertainment precinct and cancelling the St Kilda Festival are among several drastic ideas frustrated residents have raised to help reduce the area"s alcohol-related problems.

At a community forum convened this week by local MP Martin Foley to outline the State Government"s alcohol action plan, residents raised the possibility of:

• Cancelling the St Kilda Festival because residents objected to the crowd the final day"s street party attracted.
• Banning backpackers from the suburb because many were too boisterous.
• Banning non-residents from entering the entertainment precinct at night because police data suggested most of the troublemakers lived outside the municipality.
• Fitting residents with ankle bracelets to distinguish them from visitors.
• Banning venues from serving alcohol after 11pm to avoid drunks roaming the streets all night.

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Some of you may remember this post I made in mid May about finding a venue for a benefit gig for Ben Thompson, who was assaulted last year, and suffered devastating injuries that have left him wheelchair bound and unable to communicate.

A VENUE HAS BEEN FOUND!!!

The benefit gig will be held on Thursday, September 11, at the Espy, in the Gershwin Room.

Times still haven't been confirmed.

I have three acts lined up (The Advocates, Jason Lives and Tim McMillan) but I'd love to get another two bands to round out the line up.

Tickets will be fifteen dollars at the door, and drinks will be at bar prices.

If you know, or are in a band that would like to be involved, or you would like be involved (promoting, graphic design, general helpfulness) please leave a comment, or give me a call on 0401905464.

Thanks, Maniacs!

The Sacred Heart Mission Community Cycle is a FREE ride from Frankston Visitors Centre (Melway's map 100 A9) to the Sacred Heart Mission in Grey Street, St Kilda (Melway's map 58 A9), on Saturday the 22nd of December, 2007.

The Sacred Heart Mission's prime activity is to supply food to and cook for the poor and homeless. To assist the Sacred Heart Mission with this ever growing demand for their services, the Sacred Heart Mission Community Cycle will be delivering food to the mission via the backpacks/messenger bags/panniers that all riders will be carrying with them on the ride from Franskton.

Further details can be found here

Its true:

The St Kilda Triangle site needs to be developed â but this is just TOO BIG and TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE for the beach

Mega shopping complex and night club precinct planned for the St Kilda foreshore

Whether youâve already contributed to our campaign (thank you!) or you are hearing about it for the first time, this message is for YOU.

Please read on to find out how you can still help save St Kilda from being overwhelmed by commercial beachfront development â and it will only take a few minutes of your time.

Thousands of people are now calling on the City of Port Phillip to reduce the scale of this development, and we know that the Council is starting to listen. By law, they must take account of every single objection to a planning application, and numbers really count â your objection counts.

Please help us to reach the critical mass of objections required to get this development scaled back to something which serves residents and visitors while preserving the character of St Kilda. One third the size would be more than enough for our beautiful seaside playground.

We have until 5pm this Thursday, November 29th, to make further submissions to the Council.

Hereâs what you can do:

1. Everyone reading this: Please forward this email
   to as many people as possible who might be concerned about this development, and ask them to do the same. They do not have to live in the City of Port Phillip, or indeed in Melbourne â St Kilda is a place which is appreciated and loved by many visitors and their views are important too. Please ask your friends, family and other contacts to urgently go to http://www.unChainStKilda.org and follow the instructions there â the process takes less than 5 minutes.
   
   
   
2. If you have not yet submitted an objection to the Council, please visit our website
   and follow the simple instructions to make a submission â it will take you less than 5 minutes and will really make a difference. We also encourage you to join our mailing list so we can send you occasional updates and, if you wish, make post a short comment on the website (lots of people read them!). Please go urgently to http://www.unchainstkilda.org/